For those dreaming of the joys of owning a yacht, Nick Ridley offers encouragement as well as a look at the harsher reality of financing your dreams

I was shocked in a London hostelry recently to discover that our once-proud nation has been reduced to forming an orderly queue for drinks at the pub bar. It hasn’t happened in my local yet, and all i

From big boats to Extreme 40s, David ‘Freddie’ Carr has been a lynchpin of close-knit and super-successful crews. He shares tips on team dynamics with Andy Rice .

Say “Rainforest”, and the average sailor will conjure up an image of some exotic tropical landscape covered in jungle that is home to a diverse array of plants and animals. I first came across such a

What’s the best excuse you have ever made for performing badly in a race? I’m not talking about those deliberately vague ones we all trot out at short notice when we’ve had a shocker like “I’ve had a

EXPLORING THE SOUTH ATLANTIC AS A CELESTIAL NAVIGATOR TURNS INTO A THREE-YEAR QUEST FOR A LITTLE-VISITED ARCHIPELAGO, BY KATE SCHNIPPERING